Tuesday, March 18, 2008

If The Sun Won't Come To Me...

...Then I'm going to go to the sun.

One month from today I am quitting my job. And then a few days after that I am boarding a ferry to Bellingham, Washington. From there I'll have a week to make my way down the coast to run the Miwok 100k (north of San Fran.) on May 3rd. After that I'll head East a couple states and spend the rest of my spring riding my bike in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico in preparation for the Great Divide Race which starts on June 20th.

To say I'm excited for this summer would be a pretty serious understatement. Not only will I be taking the summer off from work to run and ride as much as possible, but for most of this time I will be living outside on the Colorado Plateau.

Alaska is home in the sense that I currently have a job, apartment, and all of my stuff here; New York is home in the sense that I grew up there and my entire family lives there; but nowhere do I feel as much at "home" as when I'm in Southern Utah living outside. And lucky for me this is what I'll be doing most of the summer and likely into the fall. I'm not sure if I have enough of a credit card limit to fund this adventure but I intend to find out.

NY - "Home" - yes your entire family lives here and we are all anxiously awaiting the day when you decide to return "home" or at least closer to "home". We miss you so much and you are missing all your nieces and nephews growing up.

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Amazing, you are dying to go down south and I am the opposite. At about the exact time you quit, my husband and I will be doing the same and heading on the 3000 mile trek to Juneau. Your mom sounds like mine. They will never truly understand our love for the outdoors and that there is where we are the happiest. Hopefully Jill can work it out to go too. Keep us posted!

OMG, you made me realize Miwok is less than a month away! But - what a bold move and an awesome summer ahead. As Hart said, if you need to - Portland is all ready to accept you, a couch is free:) I need to catch up on your latest, I am curious about these plans.